KR20230107081A - Method and Apparatus for Beam-Based Uplink Sync Control - Google Patents

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a method by which a terminal aligns uplink synchronization in a wireless communication system. The method comprises: a step of acquiring a difference value between synchronization signal (SS)/physical broadcast channel (PBCH) block-based first downlink synchronization corresponding to a first beam and SS/PBCH block-based second downlink synchronization corresponding to a second beam; a step of transmitting, to a base station, report information including information associated with the difference value, on the basis of the comparison of the second downlink synchronization and cyclic prefix (CP) length; and a step of receiving, from the base station, information about a timing advance (TA) value derived on the basis of the information associated with the difference value. Even when changing beams, uplink synchronization and tracking can be achieved without uplink interruption.

Description

Beam-based uplink synchronization control method and apparatus {Method and Apparatus for Beam-Based Uplink Sync Control}

The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for synchronizing and continuously tracking synchronization between a base station and a terminal in a wireless communication system.

Efforts are being made to develop an improved 5G communication system or pre-5G communication system to meet the growing demand for wireless data traffic after the commercialization of the 4G communication system. For this reason, the 5G communication system or pre-5G communication system is being called a system after a 4G network (Beyond 4G Network) communication system or an LTE system (Post LTE). The 5G communication system defined by 3GPP is called a New Radio (NR) system. In order to achieve a high data rate, the 5G communication system is being considered for implementation in a mmWave band (eg, a 60 gigabyte (60 GHz) band). In order to mitigate the path loss of radio waves and increase the propagation distance of radio waves in the ultra-high frequency band, beamforming, massive MIMO, and Full Dimensional MIMO (FD-MIMO) are used in 5G communication systems. ), array antenna, analog beam-forming, and large scale antenna technologies have been discussed and applied to NR systems. In addition, to improve the network of the system, in the 5G communication system, an evolved small cell, an advanced small cell, a cloud radio access network (cloud RAN), and an ultra-dense network , Device to Device communication (D2D), wireless backhaul, moving network, cooperative communication, Coordinated Multi-Points (CoMP), and interference cancellation etc. are being developed. In addition, in the 5G system, advanced coding modulation (Advanced Coding Modulation: ACM) methods FQAM (Hybrid FSK and QAM Modulation) and SWSC (Sliding Window Superposition Coding), advanced access technologies FBMC (Filter Bank Multi Carrier), NOMA (non-orthogonal multiple access), SCMA (sparse code multiple access), and the like are being developed.

On the other hand, the Internet is evolving from a human-centered connection network in which humans create and consume information to an Internet of Things (IoT) network in which information is exchanged and processed between distributed components such as things. IoE (Internet of Everything) technology, which combines IoT technology with big data processing technology through connection with a cloud server, etc., is also emerging. In order to implement IoT, technical elements such as sensing technology, wired/wireless communication and network infrastructure, service interface technology, and security technology are required, and recently, sensor networks for connection between objects and machine to machine , M2M), and MTC (Machine Type Communication) technologies are being studied. In the IoT environment, intelligent IT (Internet Technology) services that create new values in human life by collecting and analyzing data generated from connected objects can be provided. IoT is a field of smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, smart grid, health care, smart home appliances, advanced medical service, etc. can be applied to

Accordingly, various attempts are being made to apply the 5G communication system to the IoT network. For example, technologies such as sensor network, machine to machine (M2M), and machine type communication (MTC) are implemented by techniques such as beamforming, MIMO, and array antenna, which are 5G communication technologies. . The application of the cloud radio access network (cloud RAN) as the big data processing technology described above can be said to be an example of convergence of 5G technology and IoT technology.

The present disclosure proposes a method and apparatus for controlling and tracking uplink synchronization in a beamforming-based wireless communication system.

In addition, the present disclosure proposes a method of obtaining DL sync for each Tx (transmission) beam of the base station and reporting DL sync difference information for each beam to the base station through a beam related report.

The technical problems to be achieved in the present disclosure are not limited to the technical problems mentioned above, and other technical problems not mentioned will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the description below. You will be able to.

The present disclosure to solve the above problems is a method for aligning uplink synchronization of a terminal in a wireless communication system, based on a synchronization signal (SS) / physical broadcast channel (PBCH) block corresponding to a first beam obtaining a difference value between a first downlink synchronization and a second downlink synchronization based on an SS/PBCH block corresponding to a second beam; Transmitting, to a base station, report information including information associated with the difference value based on the comparison between the second downlink synchronization and a cyclic prefix (CP) length; and receiving, from the base station, information on a timing advance (TA) value derived based on the information associated with the difference value.

Also, in the method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, when the second downlink synchronization exceeds the CP length, information associated with the difference value may be included in the report information.

In addition, in the method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, measuring a reference signal received power (RSRP) value based on each SS / PBCH block corresponding to different beams of the base station; selecting one or more candidate beams from among a plurality of beams of the base station based on the RSRP value; Selecting, as the second beam, a beam corresponding to a smallest value among difference values between downlink synchronization associated with each of the one or more candidate beams and the first downlink synchronization, wherein the report information includes the second beam. It may include the index of the SS/PBCH block corresponding to the beam, the RSRP value, and the difference value.

In addition, in the method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, indexes corresponding to a range of difference values based on the first downlink synchronization are predefined, and the index corresponding to the obtained difference value is included in the report information. can be included

In addition, in the method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the report information may include 1-bit information indicating that the index of the SS/PBCH block corresponding to the second beam, the RSRP value, and the TA value need to be updated. can

In addition, in the method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the information on the TA value includes a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) information indicating a change from the first beam to the second beam. ) can be included in the command.

In addition, the method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include receiving setting information including a request to report information associated with the difference value.

In a method performed by a base station in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, transmitting a plurality of synchronization signal (SS) / physical broadcast channel (PBCH) blocks to a terminal based on a plurality of beams of the base station; Report information including information associated with a difference between the first downlink synchronization based on the SS / PBCH block corresponding to the first beam and the second downlink synchronization based on the SS / PBCH block corresponding to the second beam from the terminal receiving; And transmitting, to the terminal, information on a timing advance (TA) value derived based on the information associated with the difference value, wherein the information associated with the difference value includes the second downlink synchronization and CP (cyclic cyclic) prefix) may be included in the report information based on comparison of lengths.

In a terminal of a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a transceiver configured to transmit and receive signals; and a control unit for controlling the transceiver, wherein the control unit includes a first downlink synchronization based on a Synchronization Signal (SS)/physical broadcast channel (PBCH) block corresponding to the first beam and an SS/S corresponding to the second beam. Obtaining a difference value from a second downlink synchronization based on the PBCH block, and, to a base station, based on a comparison between the second downlink synchronization and a cyclic prefix (CP) length, report information including information associated with the difference value It may be configured to transmit and control the reception of information on a timing advance (TA) value derived based on the information associated with the difference value from the base station.

A base station of a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, comprising: a transceiver for transmitting a plurality of synchronization signal (SS)/physical broadcast channel (PBCH) blocks to a terminal based on a plurality of beams of the base station; and a control unit for controlling the transmission/reception unit, wherein the control unit includes a first downlink synchronization based on an SS/PBCH block corresponding to a first beam from the terminal and a second synchronization synchronization based on an SS/PBCH block corresponding to a second beam from the terminal. Receive report information including information associated with a difference value between downlink syncs, and control transmission of information on a timing advance (TA) value derived based on the information associated with the difference value to the terminal. Information associated with the difference value may be included in the report information based on a comparison between the second downlink sync and a cyclic prefix (CP) length.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, uplink synchronization can be matched and tracked without uplink disconnection even when a beam is changed.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, even if a path delay exceeding the CP length occurs during beam change, service quality can be improved because uplink disconnection does not occur.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a beam having a good RSRP can be used even if a path delay is long.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, data throughput may be improved while preventing a wireless connection failure.

Effects obtainable in the present disclosure are not limited to the effects mentioned above, and other effects not mentioned may be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the description below. will be.

1 is an example for explaining types and definitions of synchronization in a wireless communication system.
2 is a diagram illustrating an example in which a plurality of SS/PBCH blocks are transmitted using different beams.
3 is an example illustrating a random access procedure of a terminal.
4 illustrates an example of beam change due to blockage of a serving beam in an environment in which various path delays exist for each beam between a base station and a terminal.
5 is an example illustrating a whole beam changing process in the NR standard.
6 illustrates an example of a specific procedure of a DL beam management process using SSB according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
7 illustrates an example of beams of different paths according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
8 is an example illustrating a method for a terminal to acquire DL sync difference information for each Tx beam of a base station according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
9 illustrates an example of a beam feedback operation procedure of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
10 illustrates an example of a beam changing operation procedure of a base station according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
11 is an example illustrating a whole beam changing process according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
12 is a block diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
13 is a block diagram of a base station according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
14 is another example of a block diagram of a terminal and a base station according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description of embodiments of the present disclosure, descriptions of technical contents that are well known in the technical field belonging to the present disclosure and are not directly related to the present disclosure will be omitted. This is to more clearly convey the gist of the present disclosure without obscuring it by omitting unnecessary description.

For the same reason, in the accompanying drawings, some components are exaggerated, omitted, or schematically illustrated. Also, the size of each component does not entirely reflect the actual size. In each figure, the same reference number is given to the same or corresponding component.

Advantages and features of the present disclosure, and methods for achieving them, will become clear with reference to embodiments described below in detail in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. However, the present disclosure is not limited to the embodiments described below and may be implemented in various different forms, but only the present embodiments make the present disclosure complete, and those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present disclosure belongs It is provided to completely inform the scope of the technical idea, the present disclosure is only defined by the scope of the claims. Like reference numbers designate like elements throughout the specification. In addition, in describing the present disclosure, if it is determined that a detailed description of a related function or configuration may unnecessarily obscure the gist of the present disclosure, the detailed description will be omitted. In addition, terms to be described later are terms defined in consideration of functions in the present disclosure, which may vary according to intentions or customs of users or operators. Therefore, the definition should be made based on the contents throughout this specification.

At this time, it will be understood that each block of the process flow chart diagrams and combinations of the flow chart diagrams can be performed by computer program instructions. These computer program instructions may be embodied in a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, or other programmable data processing equipment, so that the instructions executed by the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing equipment are described in the flowchart block(s). It creates means to perform functions. These computer program instructions may also be stored in a computer usable or computer readable memory that can be directed to a computer or other programmable data processing equipment to implement functionality in a particular way, such that the computer usable or computer readable memory The instructions stored in are also capable of producing an article of manufacture containing instruction means that perform the functions described in the flowchart block(s). The computer program instructions can also be loaded on a computer or other programmable data processing equipment, so that a series of operational steps are performed on the computer or other programmable data processing equipment to create a computer-executed process to generate computer or other programmable data processing equipment. Instructions for performing processing equipment may also provide steps for performing the functions described in the flowchart block(s).

Additionally, each block may represent a module, segment, or portion of code that includes one or more executable instructions for executing specified logical function(s). It should also be noted that in some alternative implementations it is possible for the functions mentioned in the blocks to occur out of order. For example, it is possible that two blocks shown in succession may in fact be performed substantially concurrently, or that the blocks may sometimes be performed in reverse order depending on their function.

The 5G communication system must support services that simultaneously satisfy various requirements so that various requirements such as users and service providers can be freely reflected. Services considered for the 5G communication system include enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB), massive machine type communication (mMTC), ultra reliability low latency communication (URLLC), etc. there is

eMBB aims to provide a data transmission rate that is more improved than that supported by existing LTE, LTE-A or LTE-Pro. For example, in a 5G communication system, an eMBB must be able to provide a peak data rate of 20 Gbps in downlink and a peak data rate of 10 Gbps in uplink from the viewpoint of one base station. In addition, the 5G communication system should provide the maximum transmission rate and at the same time provide the user perceived data rate of the increased terminal. In order to satisfy these requirements, various transmission/reception technologies may be improved, including a more advanced multi-input multi-output (MIMO) transmission technology. In addition, while signals are transmitted using a transmission bandwidth of up to 20 MHz in a 2 GHz band in the LTE system, the 5G communication system uses a frequency bandwidth wider than 20 MHz in a frequency band of 3 to 6 GHz or 6 GHz or higher, thereby increasing the data transmission rate required by the 5G communication system. can satisfy

At the same time, mMTC is being considered to support application services such as the Internet of Things (IoT) in 5G communication systems. In order to efficiently provide IoT, mMTC requires access support for large-scale terminals within a cell, improved coverage of terminals, improved battery time, and reduced terminal cost. Since the Internet of Things is attached to various sensors and various devices to provide communication functions, it must be able to support a large number of terminals (eg, 1,000,000 terminals/km2) in a cell. In addition, UEs supporting mMTC are likely to be located in shadow areas that are not covered by cells, such as the basement of a building due to the nature of the service, so they require wider coverage than other services provided by the 5G communication system. A terminal supporting mMTC must be configured as a low-cost terminal, and requires a very long battery life time such as 10 to 16 years because it is difficult to frequently change the battery of the terminal.

Finally, in the case of URLLC, it is a cellular-based wireless communication service used for a specific purpose (mission-critical). For example, remote control of robots or machinery, industrial automation, unmaned aerial vehicles, remote health care, and emergency situations. A service used for emergency alert or the like may be considered. Therefore, the communication provided by URLLC must provide very low latency and very high reliability. For example, a service supporting URLLC must satisfy air interface latency of less than 0.5 milliseconds, and at the same time must satisfy requirements of a packet error rate of 10-5 or less. Therefore, for a service supporting URLLC, the 5G system must provide a smaller transmit time interval (TTI) than other services, and at the same time allocate wide resources in the frequency band to secure the reliability of the communication link.

Three services of the 5G communication system (hereinafter, it can be mixed with the 5G system), that is, eMBB, URLLC, and mMTC, can be multiplexed and transmitted in one system. At this time, different transmission/reception techniques and transmission/reception parameters may be used between services in order to satisfy different requirements of each service.

In LTE systems, 5G systems, etc., OFDM (orthogonal frequency division multiplexing) is adopted as one of the multiple access methods, and time-frequency resources to carry data or control information for each user are usually not overlapped, that is, orthogonality To achieve this, the data or control information of each user is distinguished by allocation and operation.

Hereinafter, LTE, LTE-A or NR (new radio) (ie, 5G) systems will be described as an example, but embodiments of the present disclosure may be applied to other communication systems having a similar technical background or channel type. In addition, the present disclosure can be applied to other communication systems through some modifications within a range that does not greatly deviate from the scope of the present disclosure as determined by those skilled in the art.

In the present disclosure, a base station is a subject that performs resource allocation of a terminal, and may be at least one of a gNode B, an eNode B, a Node B, a base station (BS), a wireless access unit, a base station controller, or a node on a network. A terminal may include a user equipment (UE), a mobile station (MS), a cellular phone, a smart phone, a computer, or a multimedia system capable of performing communication functions.

In the present disclosure, downlink (DL) is a radio transmission path of a signal transmitted from a base station to a terminal, and uplink (UL) refers to a radio transmission path of a signal transmitted from a terminal to a base station. In order to transmit and receive signals between the base station and the terminal, synchronization between the base station and the terminal is required.

1 is an example for explaining types and definitions of synchronization in a wireless communication system.

Referring to FIG. 1 , synchronization may be divided into reference synchronization, downlink (DL) synchronization, and uplink (UL) synchronization. In addition, in the present disclosure, synchronization may be expressed as “Sync” for convenience of explanation. However, the use of these terms does not limit the technical scope of the present disclosure.

The reference synchronization may refer to synchronization that is a reference of the base station. All transmission/reception signals of the base station must be encoded/decoded based on the corresponding reference synchronization.

DL synchronization may refer to synchronization that is a standard for a DL operation of a UE. The terminal can detect a radio boundary (ie, the exact timing at which a radio frame starts) and an OFDM symbol boundary (ie, the exact timing at which an OFDM symbol starts) through a DL synchronization process. DL sync may mean synchronization (reference sync + DL path delay) obtained by adding a propagation delay of a DL path to reference sync. Here, the propagation delay may be interpreted as a path delay of the corresponding path.

Through the UL synchronization process, the UE can determine the exact timing at which uplink data (e.g., PUSCH/PUCCH) should be transmitted. UL synchronization may be defined as how fast UL transmission is performed compared to DL synchronization (ie, UE synchronization). For example, UL sync can be described as {DL Sync - Timing Advance value}. In addition, UL synchronization can eventually be defined as indicating how quickly UL must be transmitted compared to DL synchronization (ie, UE synchronization) to match reference synchronization (ie, base station synchronization), and quantitative As in the case of DL, the value may be defined as the propagation delay of the UL path (eg, DL Sync - UL path delay). Here, the UL path delay may be interpreted as a propagation delay of the UL path.

Meanwhile, in LTE and 5G systems using the OFDMA scheme, a cyclic prefix (CP) is inserted in front of each OFDM symbol to reduce inter-symbol interference. That is, the signal of the last section of the valid symbol section is copied and inserted in front of the valid symbol.

Generally, the transmitted signal is in the form of a sinusoidal wave whose amplitude and phase change from one symbol to the next. With CP insertion, the amplitude and phase of the beginning of each symbol are the same as the amplitude and phase of the end. In a multi-path environment, a receiving end receives signals transmitted through multiple paths having different arrival times. In this case, if the length of the CP is longer than the delay spread, the receiving end can still read information from one symbol at a time. However, if CP is shorter than the longest path delay, some power of the previous OFDM symbol and the transition to the current symbol are included in the symbol fast fourier transform (FFT), breaking the subcarrier orthogonality and increasing the error vector magnitude (EVM). That is, if the propagation delay (ie, path delay) is longer than the CP length, a problem in which DL sync/UL sync is broken may occur.

Hereinafter, how DL synchronization and UL synchronization are acquired and tracked on the 3GPP 5G NR standard will be described in detail.

The UE may acquire and track DL Sync based on a synchronization signal (SS)/physical broadcast channel (PBCH) block transmitted by the base station. Specifically, the SS/PBCH block transmitted by the base station is measured by the UE itself to obtain DL Sync, and the SS/PBCH block transmitted periodically is measured to continuously measure the difference from the previous DL Sync. Tracking by reflecting this to DL Sync will do Here, the SS/PBCH block means a physical layer channel block composed of PSS (Primary SS), SSS (Secondary SS), and PBCH, and is specifically described as follows.

- PSS: This is a signal that is a standard for downlink time/frequency synchronization and provides some information of cell ID.

- SSS: serves as a standard for downlink time/frequency synchronization, and provides remaining cell ID information not provided by PSS. Additionally, it can serve as a reference signal for demodulation of PBCH.

- PBCH: Provides essential system information necessary for transmitting and receiving the data channel and control channel of the terminal. The essential system information may include search space-related control information representing radio resource mapping information of a control channel, scheduling control information for a separate data channel through which system information is transmitted, and the like.

- SS/PBCH block: The SS/PBCH block consists of a combination of PSS, SSS, and PBCH. One or more SS/PBCH blocks may be transmitted within 5 ms, and each SS/PBCH block transmitted may be distinguished by an index. SS/PBCH block may be used interchangeably with terms such as SS block, SSB, or SS/PBCH.

2 is a diagram illustrating an example in which a plurality of SS/PBCH blocks are transmitted using different beams. As shown in FIG. 2, the SS/PBCH block in the NR consists of PSS, SSS, and PBCH, and may be transmitted to a plurality of terminals. Each SS/PBCH block may be transmitted to the terminal using different beams. As an example, the SS/PBCH block shown in FIG. 2 is transmitted using beams #0, #1, #2, and #3, respectively.

MIB (master information block) information transmitted through PBCH includes system frame number (SFN), MSB (most significant bit) of SS/PBCH block index, half frame timing, subcarrier spacing for common control, SS/PBCH Information such as subcarrier offset, SIB1 PDCCH configuration, and total payload size may be included. In particular, the MSB of the SS/PBCH block index provides MSB information of the SS/PBCH block index for supporting a plurality of SS/PBCH blocks, enabling transmission of a plurality of SS/PBCH blocks. The terminal transmits a beam-based PRACH to the base station using a physical random access channel (PRACH) resource allocated for each SS/PBCH block through securing the SS/PBCH block index, thereby performing a random access procedure required for initial access. procedure) can proceed.

The UE can acquire DL synchronization by detecting the SS/PBCH block and can decode system information. The UE can identify the structure of the SS/PBCH block burst set based on the detected SS/PBCH block index, and can detect the symbol/slot/half-frame boundary accordingly. The frame/half-frame number to which the detected SS/PBCH block belongs can be identified using SFN information and half-frame indication information.

Specifically, the UE can obtain 10-bit SFN information from the PBCH. Of the 10-bit SFN information, 6 bits are obtained from the MIB, and the remaining 4 bits are obtained from the PBCH TB (Transport Block).

Next, the terminal can obtain 1-bit half-frame indication information. When the carrier frequency is 3 GHz or less, half-frame indication information may be implicitly signaled using PBCH DMRS. PBCH DMRS indicates 3-bit information by using one of 8 PBCH DMRS sequences. Therefore, in the case of L=4, among 3 bits that can be indicated using 8 PBCH DMRS sequences, 1 bit remaining after indicating the SSB index can be used for half-frame indication.

Finally, the UE can obtain the SS/PBCH block index based on the DMRS sequence and PBCH payload. SS/PBCH block candidates are indexed from 0 to L-1 according to time order within the SS/PBCH block burst set (ie, half-frame). When L = 8 or 64, 3 bits of Least Significant Bit (LSB) of the SS/PBCH block index may be indicated using 8 different PBCH DMRS sequences. When L = 64, MSB 3 bits of the SS/PBCH block index are indicated through the PBCH. When L = 2, LSB 2 bits of the SS/PBCH block index may be indicated using four different PBCH DMRS sequences. When L = 4, among 3 bits that can be indicated using 8 PBCH DMRS sequences, 1 bit remaining after indicating the SS/PBCH block index can be used for half-frame indication.

Next, a process of obtaining and tracking UL synchronization will be described in detail.

Initial (initial) UL sync can be obtained in the RACH process of initial access.

3 is an example illustrating a random access procedure of a terminal.

Referring to FIG. 3, the UE can detect a synchronization signal in the SS/PBCH block and decode the PBCH. The UE can obtain downlink synchronization based on the synchronization signal and the PBCH, and can decode system information. The UE can check the preamble format, time and frequency resources based on the system information, and can transmit a random access preamble (hereinafter, it can be mixed with Msg1) through the PRACH (S310). After receiving such Msg1, the base station transmits a PDCCH for transmission of Msg2 (hereinafter, it can be mixed with a random access response (RAR)) to the terminal, and transmits Msg2 through the PDSCH to the resource allocated through the PDCCH ( S320).

The base station may calculate the UL path delay based on Msg1 received from the terminal, include the corresponding Timing Advance value in Msg2, and transmit it to the terminal. Through this, the UE can obtain the first UL synchronization. Thereafter, the terminal transmits Msg3 (hereinafter, it can be mixed with scheduled transmission) to the base station to notify the base station that the corresponding Msg2 has been successfully received (S330), and then the base station transmits a contention resolution message (contention resolution) on the PDSCH. message) to notify that contention has been resolved (S340).

The base station must control the terminal to track UL Sync by delivering an appropriate Timing Advance value to the terminal when the terminal first accesses or moves, especially when beam changing in a beamforming-based system. This can be referred to as UL Sync tracking. .

In the UL Sync tracking after the first UL synchronization, the base station calculates a timing advance (TA) value by measuring the timing offset from the DMRS of the UL signal (e.g., PUSCH), and uses this as a timing advance command MAC (medium By transmitting to the UE through an access control (CE) control element, the UE can track UL synchronization.

A timing advance control method through MAC CE will be described in more detail.

The timing advance command MAC CE may be directed to a timing advance group (TAG).

A timing advance group (TAG) may refer to a serving cell group configured by RRC and using the same timing reference cell and the same timing advance value for cells configured with UL. A timing advance group including the SpCell of a MAC entity is called a Primary Timing Advance Group (PTAG), whereas the term Secondary Timing Advance Group (STAG) refers to another TAG.

Timing advance command MAC CE can be identified by MAC subheader with LCID. It can have a fixed size and consist of a single octet defined as:

- TAG Identity (TAG ID): This field indicates the TAG ID (identity) of the mentioned TAG. A TAG containing SpCell has TAG Identity 0, and the length of this field is 2 bits;

- Timing Advance Command: This field indicates the index value TA (0, 1, 2,..., 63) used to control the amount of timing adjustment that the MAC entity has to apply. The length of this field is 6 bits.

을 제공받을 수 있다. 단말이 서빙 셀에 대한 n-TimingAdvanceOffset 을 제공받지 않은 경우, 단말이 디폴트 값을 결정할 수 있다. 단말에게 서빙 셀에 대한 두 개의 UL 캐리어가 설정된 경우, 동일한 timing advance offset 값

이 두 캐리어 모두에 적용될 수 있다. The UE determines the value of the timing advance offset for the serving cell by n-TimingAdvanceOffset for the serving cell.

can be provided. When the UE is not provided with n-TimingAdvanceOffset for the serving cell, the UE may determine a default value. When two UL carriers for the serving cell are set to the UE, the same timing advance offset value

It can be applied to both of these carriers.

값을 기반으로 및 ii) PUSCH/SRS/PUCCH 전송을 위한 업링크 타이밍이 TAG의 모든 서빙 셀에 대해 동일한 수신된 타이밍 어드밴스 명령에 기반하여, TAG의 모든 서빙 셀에서의 PUSCH/SRS/PUCCH 전송을 위한 상향링크 타이밍을 조정할 수 있다.The UE receiving the timing advance command for the TAG i) expects the UE to be the same for all serving cells of the TAG

PUSCH/SRS/PUCCH transmission in all serving cells of the TAG based on the value and ii) the received timing advance command in which the uplink timing for PUSCH/SRS/PUCCH transmission is the same for all serving cells of the TAG. It is possible to adjust the uplink timing for

kHz의 SCS에 대해, TAG에 대한 타이밍 어드밴스 명령은 TAG에 대한 현재 상향링크 타이밍에 대해 상대적으로 UL 타이밍의 변경(change)를

의 배수로 지시할 수 있다

For SCS of kHz, the timing advance command for TAG changes the UL timing relative to the current uplink timing for TAG.

can be indicated as a multiple of

는

= 0, 1, 2, ..., 3846 의 인덱스 값에 의해

값들을 지시할 수 있다. 여기서,

kHz의 SCS를 갖는 TAG 에 대한 timing alignment의 양은

이다.

는 랜덤 액세스 응답 또는 절대 타이밍 어드밴스 명령 MAC CE를 수신한 후 UE로부터의 첫 번째 상향링크 전송의 SCS에 상대적이다.Timing advance command for TAG in case of random access response or absolute timing advance command in case of MAC CE

Is

= by the index value of 0, 1, 2, ..., 3846

values can be specified. here,

The amount of timing alignment for a TAG with an SCS of kHz is

am.

Is relative to the SCS of the first uplink transmission from the UE after receiving the random access response or absolute timing advance command MAC CE.

는

= 0, 1, 2, ..., 63 의 인덱스 값에 의해 현재

값인

을 새로운

값인

로 조절하는 것을 나타낸다. 여기서,

kHz의 SCS에 대해,

이다.In other cases, the timing advance command for TAG

Is

= 0, 1, 2, ..., by index values of 63

value

new

value

indicates control. here,

For SCS in kHz,

am.

값을 양수 또는 음수로 조절하는 것은 각각 해당하는 양만큼 TAG에 대한 상향링크 전송 타이밍을 앞당기거나 혹은 늦추는 것을 의미한다.

Adjusting the value to a positive or negative number means advancing or delaying the uplink transmission timing for the TAG by the respective corresponding amounts.

Typically a base station handles multiple terminals and the base station needs to ensure that the UL signals from all terminals are aligned with the base station's common receiver timer. Therefore, it is necessary to adjust the Tx timing (UL timing) of each terminal. If the UL synchronization is not properly set by the base station, reception quality of the UL signal transmitted from the terminal is greatly reduced, and a phenomenon in which the link between the base station and the terminal is disconnected may occur.

In LTE or 5G NR bands below 6 GHz, since communication is performed with an omni-directional radiation pattern, a difference in path delay compared to the initial path occurs only when the terminal moves, and even if a difference in path delay occurs, the terminal A difference in path delay caused by movement may not be large. In this case, it may not be a problem even if a conventional timing advance control method of measuring a timing offset in a UL signal (e.g., PUSCH) and updating a TA value for UL sync through a timing advance command MAC CE is used.

However, in a network using a directional beam, as in a high frequency band of 6 GHz or higher of 5G NR, a large path delay may occur due to beam change as well as movement of a terminal.

4 illustrates an example of beam change due to blockage of a serving beam in an environment in which various path delays exist for each beam between a base station and a terminal.

As shown in FIG. 4, multiple paths having different path delays for each beam may exist between the base station and the terminal. When the serving beam is blocked for reasons such as an obstacle and the quality drops below a threshold value, a beam change to a neighboring beam may be performed. In this case, since the path delay is different for each path, a large path delay difference may occur even when the beam is changed. When a path is changed to a neighboring beam having a large path delay compared to the existing serving beam path, UL Sync may be broken. In particular, if the propagation delay (ie, path delay) of the beam to be changed is longer than the CP length, orthogonality of OFDM symbols is broken, resulting in high EVM and loss of UL sync.

Although FIG. 4 shows an example in which the path delay of neighboring beams is longer than that of the serving beam for convenience of description, there may be a case where the path delay of the neighboring beam is shorter than the path delay of the serving beam.

Therefore, a method for controlling timing advance, that is, UL sync, is required to compensate for path delay that may occur due to beam change. However, in the current 3GPP 5G NR standard, there is a problem in not coping with a large sync error that may occur due to beam change.

Prior to explaining the method and/or embodiment proposed in the present disclosure, a beam feedback operation defined in the conventional standard will be described.

5 is an example illustrating a whole beam changing process in the NR standard.

5, beam management process using SSB (1), beam change request process based on the SSBRI reported by the terminal to the base station (2), channel measurement process based on the CSI-RS received through the changed beam (3) and DL data The transmission process (4) is shown. According to the current standard, it is defined to transmit up to four SSBRI and RSRP pairs in a beam management process using SSB.

6 illustrates an example of a detailed procedure of a DL beam management process (1) using SSB according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

The terminal may measure the SSB received from the base station (S610). The base station may transmit multiple SSBs to the terminal through different transmission (Tx) beams.

Configuration for beam reporting using SSB may be performed in an RRC connected state. SSB resources used for beam management may be configured based on configuration information (eg, CSI-ResourceConfig IE) transmitted from the base station. The configuration information may include a list (e.g., CSI-SSB-ResourceSetList) of SSB resources used for beam management and reporting in one resource set. Here, the SSB resource set may be set to {SSBx1, SSBx2, SSBx3, SSBx4, ...}. SSB index can be defined from 0 to 63. For example, SSB index 0, SSB index 1, ..., SSB index 63 may correspond to different Tx beams (eg, beam #0, beam #1, ..., beam #63) of the base station, respectively. there is.

The UE may measure RSRP for SSB resources and obtain DL Sync (S620).

The terminal may determine whether a feedback request is received from the base station (S630). For example, reportQuantity of CSI report configuration information (e.g., CSI-reportConfig) is set as a parameter (e.g., ssb-Index-RSRP) indicating reporting on SSBRI (SSB resource indicator) and RSRP (Reference Signal Received Power). In this case, the terminal may determine that the feedback request has been received.

When the terminal receives a feedback request from the base station, the terminal may transmit feedback information to the base station (S640). The feedback information may include a beam ID (eg, SSBRI) and a corresponding RSRP Pair.

As described in FIGS. 5 and 6 , the beam-related feedback information reported to the base station by the UE triggering the beam change includes only a beam ID (eg, SSBRI) and RSRP. Therefore, the base station has no choice but to select a beam with only the RSRP signal strength. That is, when the base station selects a beam with only RSRP signal strength, a beam having a large path delay may be selected, which may cause a problem in UL sync. For example, even if a beam with the best RSRP is selected, if the path delay of the beam is very large and exceeds the CP length, orthogonality of OFDM symbols is broken, resulting in high EVM and problems with UL sync.

7 illustrates an example of beams of different paths according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. In FIG. 7, two paths are shown as an example for convenience of explanation, but three or more paths may exist in a beamforming-based communication system.

Referring to FIG. 7 , an example in which the path length of the serving beam is 90 meters and the path length of the neighboring beam is 150 meters is illustrated. Since each beam has a different path length, each beam may have a different path delay.

Hereinafter, in the present disclosure, a method for updating/tracking UL sync while preventing radio link disconnection in a multi-path environment where each path may have different path delay values (ie, a method for controlling timing advance) is proposed. In addition, a scheme for utilizing a beam with good RSRP even if the path delay is long is proposed. Specifically, the present disclosure proposes a method in which a UE measures a DL Sync difference between a serving beam and a neighbor beam and reports information about the DL Sync difference to the base station through beam-related feedback (eg, beam CSI report) do. In addition, we propose a method that can respond to a sudden UL sync error experienced during beam change by transmitting the timing advance value determined based on the reported value by the base station to the terminal along with a beam change request.

8 is an example illustrating a method for a terminal to acquire DL sync difference information for each Tx beam of a base station according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 8 , the terminal may acquire DL Sync for each Tx beam of the base station. That is, the UE can acquire DL sync of the serving beam and DL sync of the neighboring beam, respectively. As described above, the terminal can receive SSBs transmitted through different Tx beams of the base station and acquire DL sync based on the SSBs corresponding to each beam. In addition, the terminal may measure a difference between DL Sync of the serving beam (e.g., the first beam) and DL Sync of a neighboring beam (e.g., the second beam). The terminal may directly store the measured difference value (e.g., DL Sync Delta) or convert it into a timing advance value and store it.

In FIG. 8, for convenience of description, one serving beam and one neighboring beam are mainly described, but this example does not limit the technical scope of the present disclosure. Therefore, it can be applied even in a situation where two or more neighboring beams exist.

9 illustrates an example of a beam feedback operation procedure of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

The terminal may receive the SSB from the base station and measure the received SSB (S910). Here, SSB may mean an SS/PBCH block, and each SSB (SS/PBCH block) may include a synchronization signal (SS) and a physical broadcast channel (PBCH). Also, each SSB may correspond to a different beam of the base station. That is, the base station can transmit the SSB to the terminal through different Tx beams.

The UE may acquire DL synchronization based on the SSB and measure RSRP (S920).

The terminal may determine whether the current beam is a serving beam (e.g., a first beam) (S930).

If the current beam is a serving beam, DL Sync information of the serving beam may be obtained and stored (S941). Meanwhile, when the current beam is not the serving beam (e.g., the second beam), a pre-stored difference between DL Sync of the serving beam and DL Sync of the current beam may be calculated and stored (S942). In other words, DL Sync (e.g., the first DL Sync) based on the SSB corresponding to the serving beam and DL Sync (e.g., the second DL Sync) based on the SSB corresponding to the current beam (e.g., the second beam that is not the serving beam) ) and the difference value may be obtained and stored.

For example, the operations of steps S910 to S942 may be repeatedly performed as many times as the set number of SSB resources. That is, the terminal can receive multiple SSBs based on multiple beams of the base station, and each SSB can correspond to a different Tx beam. In addition, the UE may measure DL Sync and RSRP values for each SSB.

The terminal may determine whether a feedback request is received from the base station (S950).

For example, the terminal may receive configuration information (e.g., CSI-reportConfig IE) associated with the feedback report from the base station, and "reportQuantity" included in the configuration information is for SSBRI and Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) When set to a parameter indicating a report (e.g., ssb-Index-RSRP'), the terminal may determine that a feedback request has been received.

For another example, a new “reportQuantity” value may be defined to explicitly indicate a DL Sync-related feedback report (e.g., information related to a DL Sync difference value). As an example, a parameter indicating reporting on information associated with SSBRI, RSRP, and DL Sync difference values in "reportQuantity" in configuration information (e.g., CSI-ReportConfig" IE) associated with a feedback report obtained from a base station (e.g., 'ssb -Index-RSRP-DLSyncdelta') may be set, and in this case, the terminal may determine that a feedback request has been received.

When the terminal receives a feedback request from the base station, the terminal may transmit feedback information (ie, report information) to the base station (S960). The feedback information may be transmitted based on an uplink channel (e.g., PUCCH, PUSCH). The feedback information may include Beam ID (e.g., SSBRI), RSRP, and information associated with a difference between DL Sync of the serving beam and DL Sync of the current beam (e.g., DL Sync Delta Tuple). By transmitting information (e.g., DL Sync Delta Tuple) related to the difference between the DL Sync of the serving beam and the DL Sync of the current beam, the base station can inform how much UL Sync error can occur when the corresponding beam is applied.

For example, the information associated with the difference value (e.g., DL Sync Delta Tuple) may consist of a difference value (ie, delta) between DL sync of the serving beam and DL sync of the neighboring beam. As an example, the difference value may be expressed as |(DL path delay of the serving beam)-(DL path delay of the neighboring beam)|.

As a specific example, according to the current standard, a UE can report up to 4 SSBRI and RSRP pairs. Therefore, each DL sync difference value of SSBs corresponding to the reported SSBRI may be reported to the base station. For example, when the number of reported SSBRIs is n, the information associated with the difference value includes DL Sync delta 1 between the serving beam and neighboring beam # 1, DL Sync delta 2 between the serving beam and neighboring beam # 2, . .., DL Sync delta n between the serving beam and the neighboring beam #n.

As another example, a range of difference values (ie, Delta) may be divided into N sections based on DL sync of the serving beam, and an index corresponding to each section may be predefined. As an example, a correspondence relationship between an index and a delta range may be predefined as shown in Table 1. Alternatively, the correspondence relationship of Table 1 may be set to higher layer signaling (e.g., RRC). In addition, an index corresponding to the obtained difference value may be included in the report information and reported. Table 1 is only an example for convenience of explanation, and does not limit the technical scope of the present disclosure. Accordingly, the range of the difference value may be further subdivided and fed back with more than 3 bits, or the resolution of the range may be lowered and fed back with less than 2 bits. Through this, the number of bits required for feedback can be reduced compared to a method of feeding back the DL Sync delta value.

For another example, instead of directly reporting the difference value to the base station, the terminal determines that a new TA control is needed based on the measured difference value and specifies that the new TA value is sent to the base station using 1-bit signaling. You can also ask for it on purpose. In this case, the feedback information may include 1-bit information notifying that the index of the SS/PBCH block corresponding to the second beam, the RSRP value, and the TA value need to be updated. The base station can know that it needs to deliver a new TA value to the terminal when changing to the second beam through the 1-bit information. The terminal compares the DL sync and CP length of a beam (e.g., the second beam) other than the serving beam, and based on this, feedback including information associated with the difference value (e.g., difference value, index corresponding to the difference value, etc.) Information can be reported to the base station.

For example, the UE may select an SSB resource having the best RSRP value among SSB resources. When the DL Sync value obtained based on the selected SSB resource exceeds the CP length, information related to the difference value may be reported to the base station. In other words, the terminal receives i) a beam ID corresponding to the selected SSB resource (e.g., SSB resource identifier), ii) an RSRP value measured based on the selected SSB resource, and ii) DL Sync and serving obtained based on the selected SSB resource Feedback information including information related to a difference value between DL Syncs obtained based on an SSB corresponding to a beam may be transmitted to the base station. For example, the information associated with the difference value may include the difference value itself, a value obtained by converting the difference value to a specific time unit, or an index corresponding to the difference value. If the value of DL Sync obtained based on the selected SSB resource does not exceed the CP length, only SSBRI and RSRP may be reported as in the conventional method.

For another example, according to the current standard, a UE can report up to 4 SSBRI and RSRP pairs. The reported SSBRI may be determined according to RSRP measured based on SSB resources. Accordingly, up to four pieces of information associated with the DL sync difference value corresponding to the reported SSBRI may also be reported. Even in this case, information related to a DL sync difference value may be reported only for a beam having a DL sync exceeding the CP length. As a specific example, it is assumed that SSB #1, SSB #2, SSB #3, and SSB #4 are reported. Among them, DL sync of beams associated with SSB #2 and SSB #3 may exceed the CP length, and DL sync of beams associated with SSB #1 and SSB #4 may not exceed the CP length. DL Sync delta #3} and {SSB#4, RSRP for SSB #4} may be reported to the base station.

As another example, the terminal may select one or more candidate beams from among a plurality of beams of the base station based on the RSRP value measured for the SSB. In other words, the terminal may select SSB candidates having an RSRP value greater than or equal to a specific value based on the measured RSRP value. The specific value may be predefined or set through higher layer signaling. That is, in order to select a beam of good quality, SSB candidates may be selected based on the RSRP value. Also, among SSB candidates (ie, candidate beams), SSBs having a smaller DL Sync difference with the serving beam may be selected. For example, when one SSBRI is reported, the UE selects an SSB (ie, a beam corresponding to the SSB) having the smallest DL Sync difference with the serving beam among SSB candidates, and an index corresponding to the selected SSB ( e.g., SSBRI) and information related to RSRP and DL Sync difference values (e.g., difference value, difference value converted to a specific time unit, index corresponding to difference value, etc.) can be reported. For example, when a plurality of SSBRIs are reported, the UE may select SSBs in order of having a smaller DL Sync difference with the serving beam among SSB candidates. Through this, it is possible to report on a beam having a good RSRP while maintaining a similar DL sync of the serving beam.

As another example, in order to filter beams having a path delay exceeding the CP length when fast uplink transmission is required, beams exceeding a path delay threshold are first filtered (excluded), and the RSRP value among the remaining beams is SSBRI and RSRP for the best beam may be reported. Along with this, information associated with a difference value corresponding to a corresponding beam may also be reported. For example, the threshold for the path delay may be predefined or set through higher layer signaling (eg, RRC). In addition, the threshold may be set/defined as a CP length or a percentage (%) (e.g., 90%) of the CP length.

The terminal may receive information on a TA value derived based on the information associated with the difference value (e.g., DL Sync Delta Tuple) from the base station, and may track/update UL sync using the TA value. For example, information on the TA value may be included in a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) command including information indicating a change from a serving beam to another beam and may be transmitted.

10 illustrates an example of a beam changing operation procedure of a base station according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

The base station may transmit a beam related feedback request to the terminal (S1010).

For example, the base station may transmit configuration information (e.g., CSI-reportConfig IE) associated with the feedback report to the terminal, and the "reportQuantity" included in the configuration information is used to report SSBRI and RSRP (Reference Signal Received Power). It can be set as a parameter (e.g., ssb-Index-RSRP') indicating and transmitted to the terminal.

For another example, a new “reportQuantity” value may be defined to explicitly indicate a DL Sync-related feedback report (e.g., information related to a DL Sync difference value). As an example, the base station sets parameters (e.g., 'ssb-Index) indicating reporting on information associated with SSBRI, RSRP, and DL Sync difference values in "reportQuantity" in configuration information (e.g., CSI-ReportConfig" IE) associated with feedback reporting. -RSRP-DLSyncdelta') may be set and transmitted to the terminal.

The base station may receive feedback information (ie, report information) in response to the feedback request from the terminal (S1020). The feedback information may be received based on an uplink channel (e.g., PUCCH, PUSCH). The feedback information may include Beam ID (e.g., SSBRI), RSRP, and information associated with a difference between DL Sync of the serving beam and DL Sync of the current beam (e.g., DL Sync Delta Tuple).

For example, the information associated with the difference value (e.g., DL Sync Delta Tuple) may consist of a difference value (ie, delta) between DL sync of the serving beam and DL sync of the neighboring beam. The difference value can be expressed as |(DL path delay of the serving beam)-(DL path delay of the neighboring beam)|.

For another example, the information associated with the difference value (e.g., DL Sync Delta Tuple) may include an index corresponding to a difference value (ie, delta) between DL sync of the serving beam and DL sync of the neighboring beam. Based on the DL sync of the serving beam, the range of difference values (ie, Delta) may be divided into N sections, and indexes corresponding to each section may be predefined as in the example of Table 1 described above. Alternatively, the correspondence relationship of Table 1 may be set to higher layer signaling (e.g., RRC).

For another example, the information associated with the difference value (e.g., DL Sync Delta Tuple) may consist of 1-bit information indicating that the TA value needs to be updated. In this case, the feedback information may include 1-bit information notifying that the index of the SS/PBCH block corresponding to the second beam, the RSRP value, and the TA value need to be updated.

Information related to the difference value may be included in the feedback information based on a comparison between DL sync and CP length of a beam (e.g., a second beam) other than the serving beam. For example, when the DL sync (e.g., the second DL sync) of a beam (e.g., the second beam) other than the serving beam exceeds the CP length, information related to the difference value may be included in the feedback information.

For example, an SSB resource having the best RSRP value among a plurality of SSB resources may be selected, and when the value of DL Sync obtained based on the selected SSB resource exceeds the CP length, the information associated with the difference value It can be included in the feedback information. That is, the base station i) a beam ID (e.g., SSB resource identifier) corresponding to the selected SSB resource, ii) an RSRP value measured based on the selected SSB resource, and ii) DL Sync based on the selected SSB resource and corresponding to the serving beam Feedback information including information related to a difference value between DL syncs based on SSBs may be received from the terminal. For example, the information associated with the difference value may include the difference value itself, a value obtained by converting the difference value to a specific time unit, or an index corresponding to the difference value.

As another example, one or more candidate beams among a plurality of beams of the base station may be determined based on a Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) value corresponding to each of a plurality of SS/PBCH blocks transmitted by the base station. In other words, SSB candidates having an RSRP value greater than or equal to a specific value may be selected based on the measured RSRP value. The specific value may be predefined or set through higher layer signaling. SSBs having a smaller value among difference values between DL sync associated with each of the one or more candidate beams and DL sync of a serving beam (ie, a beam corresponding to the SSB) may be selected. For example, an index corresponding to the SSB having the smallest DL Sync difference (e.g., SSBRI) and RSRP and information associated with the DL Sync difference value (e.g, difference value, a value obtained by converting the difference value to a specific time unit, or An index corresponding to the difference value, etc.) may be received.

The base station may determine whether it is necessary to change a beam based on the received feedback information (S1030). For example, it is possible to determine whether a beam change is required based on RSRP. For example, when the received RSRP value is smaller than a specific threshold, it may be determined that beam change is necessary.

If it is determined that beam change is necessary, the base station may transmit a beam change request to the terminal (S1040). At this time, the base station may transmit information on a TA value calculated/derived based on information (e.g., DL Sync Delta Tuple) associated with a DL Sync difference value along with a beam change request.

For example, the beam change request may be transmitted using TCI state activation/deactivation MAC CE. In this case, the TCI state activation/deactivation MAC CE may include a new TCI state and a TA value (index) corresponding to the TCI state. In addition, the TCI state activation/deactivation MAC CE may further include a serving cell ID and a BWP ID.

When the base station receives the HARQ feedback for the corresponding beam change request from the terminal (S1050), the base station may perform beam switch (change) after a certain time (e.g., 3 ms) (S1060).

The UE can adjust UL synchronization by reflecting the TA included in the beam change request and apply it to UL transmission, thereby preventing a UL Sync error from occurring due to beam change.

11 is an example illustrating a whole beam changing process according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

As described above, in FIG. 11, beam management process using SSB (1), beam change request process based on the SSBRI reported by the terminal to the base station (2), channel measurement process based on the CSI-RS received through the changed beam (3) ) and DL data transmission process (4).

Compared with FIG. 5, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a UE may report information (e.g., a DL sync delta value) associated with a DL sync difference value to a base station together with SSBRI and RSRP. In addition, the base station calculates a TA considering the UL path length difference that may occur during beam change based on information (e.g., DL sync delta value) associated with the reported DL sync difference value, and transmits the TCI State to the beam change request MAC CE (Beam ID) and information on the TA value may be transmitted to the terminal. Through this, even if a change from the base station to a beam having a path delay value exceeding the CP length is instructed, the TA value for the corresponding beam is also indicated, enabling the UE to track UL sync and update the TA.

12 is a block diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 12 , a terminal 1200 may include a transceiver 1201, a control unit (processor) 1202, and a storage unit (memory) 1203. The transmission/reception unit 1201, the control unit 1202, and the storage unit 1203 of the terminal 1200 may operate according to the method and/or embodiments proposed in the present disclosure. However, components of the terminal 1200 according to an embodiment are not limited to the above-described example. According to another embodiment, the terminal 1200 may include more or fewer components than the aforementioned components. In addition, in a specific case, the transceiver 1201, the control unit 1202, and the storage unit 1203 may be implemented as a single chip.

The transmission/reception unit 1201 may include a transmission unit and a reception unit according to another embodiment. The transmitting/receiving unit 1201 may transmit/receive a signal to/from a base station. The signal may include control information and data. To this end, the transceiver 1201 may include an RF transmitter that up-converts and amplifies the frequency of a transmitted signal, and an RF receiver that amplifies a received signal with low noise and down-converts its frequency. In addition, the transceiver 1201 may receive a signal through a wireless channel, output it to the control unit 1202, and transmit the signal output from the control unit 1202 through a wireless channel.

The control unit 1202 may control a series of processes in which the terminal 1200 may operate according to the above-described embodiment of the present disclosure. For example, the control unit 1202 controls a process in which the terminal obtains DL sync for each TX beam of the base station, calculates a DL sync difference between the serving beam and neighboring beams, and reports the result to the base station according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. can To this end, the controller 1202 may include at least one processor. For example, the control unit 1202 may include a communication processor (CP) that controls communication and an application processor (AP) that controls upper layers such as application programs.

The storage unit 1203 may store the DL sync difference value and/or DL sync difference information between the serving beam and the neighboring beam calculated by the terminal 1200, and data necessary for the control of the control unit 1202 and the control unit 1202 may have an area for storing data generated during control in .

13 is a block diagram of a base station according to an embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 13 , a base station 1300 may include a transceiver 1301, a control unit (processor) 1302, and a storage unit (memory) 1303. The transmission/reception unit 1301, the control unit 1302, and the storage unit 1303 of the base station 1300 may operate according to the method and/or embodiments proposed in the present disclosure. However, components of the base station 1300 according to an embodiment are not limited to the above-described example. According to another embodiment, the base station 1300 may include more or fewer components than the aforementioned components. In addition, in a specific case, the transceiver 1301, the control unit 1302, and the storage unit 1303 may be implemented in a single chip form.

The transmission/reception unit 1301 may include a transmission unit and a reception unit according to another embodiment. The transmitting/receiving unit 1301 may transmit/receive a signal to/from a terminal. The signal may include control information and data. To this end, the transceiver 1301 may include an RF transmitter that up-converts and amplifies the frequency of a transmitted signal, and an RF receiver that amplifies a received signal with low noise and down-converts its frequency. In addition, the transceiver 1301 may receive a signal through a wireless channel, output it to the controller 1302, and transmit the signal output from the controller 1302 through a wireless channel.

The control unit 1302 may control a series of processes so that the base station 1300 can operate according to the above-described embodiment of the present disclosure. For example, the control unit 1302 calculates a TA value based on a DL sync difference value included in a beam related report received from a terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, and information on a new beam (e.g., TCI state) and TA Beam change request information including a value may be controlled to be transmitted to the terminal. To this end, the controller 1302 may include at least one processor. For example, the controller 1302 may include a communication processor (CP) that controls communication and an application processor (AP) that controls upper layers such as application programs.

The storage unit 1303 may store a DL sync difference value received from the terminal, beam-related report information, etc., and may store data necessary for control by the control unit 1302 and data generated during control by the control unit 1302. can have an area.

14 is another example of a block diagram of a terminal and a base station according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 14, the terminal 1200 includes a measurement unit for measuring DL sync of different beams, a calculation unit for calculating a DL sync difference between a serving beam and a neighboring beam, a storage unit for storing a DL sync difference value, and a DL Sync It may include a reporting unit that adds delta information to the existing beam feedback and reports it to the base station. Although FIG. 14 shows separate units for each function of a terminal operating according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, it goes without saying that one or more units may be combined to implement the terminal configuration of FIG. 12 . For example, the reporting unit may be included in a transceiver, the storage unit may be included in a memory, and the measurement unit and calculation unit may be included in a processor.

The base station 1300 includes a receiver that receives beam feedback transmitted from the terminal, a calculator that calculates a timing advance based on the received DL Sync Delta, a decision unit that determines whether or not to change a beam, and a beam change when a beam change is determined. It may include a transmission unit that transmits a beam change request including a calculation TA when requesting a change. In FIG. 14, each function of the base station operating according to the embodiment of the present disclosure is divided into separate units, but one or more units may be combined to implement the base station configuration of FIG. 13, of course. For example, the receiving unit and the transmitting unit may be included in the transmitting and receiving unit, and the determining unit and the calculating unit may be included in the processor.

The term '~unit' used in the above-described embodiments of the present disclosure means software or a hardware component such as a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) or Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), and what role does '~unit' have? perform them However, '~ part' is not limited to software or hardware. '~bu' may be configured to be in an addressable storage medium and may be configured to reproduce one or more processors. Therefore, as an example, '~unit' refers to components such as software components, object-oriented software components, class components, and task components, processes, functions, properties, and procedures. , subroutines, segments of program code, drivers, firmware, microcode, circuitry, data, databases, data structures, tables, arrays, and variables. Functions provided within components and '~units' may be combined into smaller numbers of components and '~units' or further separated into additional components and '~units'. In addition, components and '~units' may be implemented to play one or more CPUs in a device or a secure multimedia card. Also, in an embodiment, '~ unit' may include one or more processors.

On the other hand, the embodiments disclosed in the present specification and drawings are only presented as specific examples to easily explain the technical content of the present disclosure and help understanding of the present disclosure, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present disclosure. That is, it is obvious to those skilled in the art that other modified examples based on the technical idea of the present disclosure can be implemented. In addition, each of the above embodiments can be operated in combination with each other as needed.

Claims (20)

In a method for a terminal to align uplink synchronization in a wireless communication system,
Acquiring a difference between first downlink synchronization based on a Synchronization Signal (SS)/physical broadcast channel (PBCH) block corresponding to the first beam and second downlink synchronization based on the SS/PBCH block corresponding to the second beam doing;
Transmitting, to a base station, report information including information associated with the difference value based on the comparison between the second downlink synchronization and a cyclic prefix (CP) length; and
and receiving, from the base station, information on a timing advance (TA) value derived based on information associated with the difference value. According to claim 1,
When the second downlink sync exceeds the CP length, information associated with the difference value is included in the report information. According to claim 1,
Measuring a Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) value based on each SS/PBCH block corresponding to different beams of the base station;
selecting one or more candidate beams from among a plurality of beams of the base station based on the RSRP value;
Selecting a beam corresponding to the smallest value among difference values between downlink synchronization associated with each of the one or more candidate beams and the first downlink synchronization as the second beam,
The report information includes an index of an SS/PBCH block corresponding to the second beam, an RSRP value, and the difference value. According to claim 1,
Indexes corresponding to a range of difference values are predefined based on the first downlink synchronization,
An index corresponding to the obtained difference value is included in the report information. According to claim 1,
The report information includes 1-bit information indicating that an index of an SS/PBCH block corresponding to the second beam, an RSRP value, and an update of the TA value are required. According to claim 1,
The information on the TA value is included in a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) command including information indicating a change from the first beam to the second beam. According to claim 1,
and receiving configuration information comprising a request to report information associated with the difference value. In a method performed by a base station in a wireless communication system,
Transmitting a plurality of synchronization signal (SS) / physical broadcast channel (PBCH) blocks to a terminal based on a plurality of beams of the base station;
Report information including information associated with a difference between the first downlink synchronization based on the SS / PBCH block corresponding to the first beam and the second downlink synchronization based on the SS / PBCH block corresponding to the second beam from the terminal receiving; and
Transmitting, to the terminal, information on a timing advance (TA) value derived based on information associated with the difference value,
Information associated with the difference value is included in the report information based on a comparison of the second downlink sync and a cyclic prefix (CP) length. According to claim 8,
When the second downlink sync exceeds the CP length, information associated with the difference value is included in the report information. According to claim 8,
Based on a Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) value corresponding to each of the plurality of SS / PBCH blocks, one or more candidate beams among the plurality of beams of the base station are determined,
The second beam corresponds to a beam corresponding to the smallest value among difference values between downlink synchronization associated with each of the one or more candidate beams and the first downlink synchronization, and
The report information includes an index of an SS/PBCH block corresponding to the second beam, an RSRP value, and the difference value. According to claim 8,
Indexes corresponding to a range of difference values are predefined based on the first downlink synchronization,
Characterized in that an index corresponding to the obtained difference value is reported as information associated with the difference value. According to claim 8,
The report information includes 1-bit information indicating that an index of an SS/PBCH block corresponding to the second beam, an RSRP value, and an update of the TA value are required. According to claim 8,
The information on the TA value is included in a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) command including information indicating a change from the first beam to the second beam. According to claim 8,
and transmitting configuration information comprising a request to report information associated with the difference value. In the terminal of the wireless communication system,
a transceiver configured to transmit and receive signals; and
Includes a control unit for controlling the transceiver,
The control unit,
Acquiring a difference between first downlink synchronization based on a Synchronization Signal (SS)/physical broadcast channel (PBCH) block corresponding to the first beam and second downlink synchronization based on the SS/PBCH block corresponding to the second beam do,
To a base station, based on the comparison of the second downlink sync and a cyclic prefix (CP) length, transmits report information including information related to the difference value, and
A terminal configured to control reception of information on a timing advance (TA) value derived based on information associated with the difference value from the base station. According to claim 15,
When the second downlink synchronization exceeds the CP length, information associated with the difference value is included in the report information, and
The report information includes an index of an SS/PBCH block corresponding to the second beam, an RSRP value, and the difference value. According to claim 15,
The information on the TA value is included in a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) command including information indicating a change from the first beam to the second beam. In a base station of a wireless communication system,
a transceiver for transmitting a plurality of synchronization signal (SS)/physical broadcast channel (PBCH) blocks to a terminal based on a plurality of beams of the base station; and
Includes a control unit for controlling the transceiver,
The control unit,
Report information including information associated with a difference between the first downlink synchronization based on the SS / PBCH block corresponding to the first beam and the second downlink synchronization based on the SS / PBCH block corresponding to the second beam from the terminal receive, and
It is configured to control transmission of information on a timing advance (TA) value derived based on information associated with the difference value to the terminal,
Information associated with the difference value is included in the report information based on a comparison between the second downlink sync and a cyclic prefix (CP) length. According to claim 18,
When the second downlink synchronization exceeds the CP length, information associated with the difference value is included in the report information, and
The reporting information includes an index of an SS/PBCH block corresponding to the second beam, an RSRP value, and the difference value. According to claim 18,
Transmitting the information on the TA value to the terminal by including the information on the TA value in a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) command including information indicating a change from the first beam to the second beam. characterized base station.

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